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Through the Trees

ID:
252
Inventory number:
Ж-252 КН-12670
Type:
Paintings
Material:
canvas
Techniques:
oil
Dimensions:
100x80 cm
Author:
Serhii Shyshko

Serhii Fedorovych Shyshko was a Ukrainian painter. Born on June 12 (25), 1911 in the town of Nosivka, (now Chernihiv region). Studied at the Kyiv Art Institute (1929 to 1933, class of F. Krychevskyi). In 1943 he graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of the All-Russian Academy of Arts in Leningrad (workshop of B. Johanson). Master of landscape and still life. Participated in exhibitions: republic starting in 1945, all-Union starting in 1947, foreign starting in 1955. His main works include series of paintings "Kyiv - Beloved City" (1944 to 1970), "Bank of the Dnieper" (1950), "Mountain Valley" (1951), "Irpin in Winter" (1953), "Kyiv. Park Bridge", "New Kyiv" (1960), "Road to the Forest" (1961), "March Snow" (1962), "Holosiyivka Autumn" (1967), "Blue Spring" (1969), and others. People's Artist of Ukraine (1964). People's Artist of the USSR (1974). Lived and worked in Kyiv. Died on April 26, 1997.

Date of creation:
1966
Preservation:
Complete safety
Location:
unknown
Provenance:
Transferred by the Directorate of Art Exhibitions of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR. Act No. 1718 dated 01/27/1975.
Date of record to the inventory book:
30.10.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
In the foreground there is a bank with a group of trees on it. In the center, a river peeks through the trees. In the background there is the other bank of the river, a blue forest. Bottom right - author's signature and year: 66